Canon & Fotografer.net (Amusing)
Gathering in Yogyakarta
As scheduled, Canon & Fotografer.net (FN) gathering took
place on May 8 at Bamboo Resto, Jl. Palagan Tentara Pelajar,
Yogyakarta. About 70 FNers (FN members) who mostly came
from Yogyakarta were about fulfilling the restaurant at 8 pm.
Because it was held on Friday, most of them attended this event
after having their all-day-long activities at the office, campus or
school. For that, at the beginning, fatigue faces were inside the
room. Eagerly, after they had dinner and listened to Aam Ito
Tastomo's (Hisfa Yogyakarta) photo sharing, laughter exploded.
His amusing presentation changed those fatigue faces all of a
sudden.
A beautiful MC, Rachel, guided the whole series of schedule.
A photography lecturer of Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI)
Yogyakarta, Risman Marah, gave a welcoming speech in an
excellently presented sense of humor. Prior to it, Misbachul
Munir presented his photography project, and Mohammad Noor
Ghiffari (Kopata) shared his landscape photos. The whole things
lasted at 10.30 pm.  Cindy
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Photos Last up to 200 Years with Epson
Stylus Photo P50
Photo printing with your own
printer sometimes does not last
long, for the pictures will be
getting faded through years. With
Epson Stylus Photo P5, it will
not happen again. This printer
released on May 5 produces high
definition pictures last up to 98
years in a frame or up to 200
years in a photo album, because
it uses Epson's Micro Piezo print
head technology combined with Epson Claria Photographic Ink.
With single cartridges, this will be cost-effective. You need only
replace the color used. Besides elegantly designed, the top
surface is fingerprint-resistant. Moreover, this printer is Energy
Savings Recommended - Epson's ongoing focus to reduce
the carbon emissions associated with the use of its products.
Available on 1 July, 2009, it retails at £ 89.99, together with its
photo optimization software - backlight correction and red-eye
removal. imaging-resources.com
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Capturing Krakatau
The activity of Krakatau recently inspired some photography
lovers in Lampung to organize a photo hunting to Krakatau.
Thirteen participants took part in this activity on May 2 to 3.
At first, some participants were not sure to join this but their
curiosity encouraged them to be part of this hunting.
Saburai court was the meeting point. From here they went to
Canti, Kalianda. It took 3 hours to sail across from Canti dock
to Krakatau. They were having a discussion about photography
during the trip.
For safety reason, they landed at Krakatau Tua island (4 km
across the Anak Krakatau). As soon as they landed, participants
were searching for their best position for shooting Krakatau. The
dangerous lava was the perfect prey for the photographers. But
it was not the only object. They also captured the activities of
people living near by Krakatau. Budhi Marta Utama
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Three Days, Three Themes, with the
Patiakers
For three days (May 1 to 3), The Patiakers were holding
photo hunting with different themes. On the first day, they
had a nightshot hunting at Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi. "Tour de
Singkarak", an international bicycle race, held in West Sumatera
was their second agenda. Along the road next to Singkarak
Lake was their hunting place. They did not want to miss this
international event.
They spent their last day shooting their friend's wedding,
Raspurta Yadidewara in Batusangkar. Nine members of The
Patiakers joined this event. Special guest star making the
hunting more cheerful. He was Muhasrul Zubir, a senior
photographer. A chance to witness Tour de Singkarak was not
the only special thing about this three-day hunting. It was more
special because Muhasrul Zubir was also celebrating his 28th
wedding anniversary. His wife, his child, and his son/daughter in
law were also taking part in these activities. nana
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A Guide for Digital Asset
Management
O'Reilly has published a
second edition of Peter
Krogh's DAM book (Digital
Asset Management for
Photographers). "Anyone
who shoots, scans, or
stores digital photographs
is practicing digital asset
management (DAM), but few
people do it in a way that
makes sense," the publisher
claims.
With Krogh's help through
the DAM book, you will
allegedly understand the
image file lifecycle (from
shooting to editing, output
and permanent storage), learn new ways to use metadata and
key words to track photo files, create a digital archive and name
files clearly, determine a strategy for backing up and validating
image data, learn a catalogue workflow strategy, migrate
images and more. The DAM book - Digital Asset Management
for Photographers by Peter Krogh can be yours for US$ 49.99. photographyblog.com
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TIPA Awards for Canon EOS 5D Mark
II and Nikon D3X
 
Canon EOS 5D Mark II or Nikon D3X fanatic fans? In the
previous May 1, both were awarded "Best Digital SLR Expert in
2009" and "Best DSLR Professional in 2009" by the Technical
Image Press Association (TIPA), representing 29 photography
and imaging magazines across 13 European countries. This
award will be given on June 10 at the Grand Hotel Schloss
Bensberg near Cologne, Germany.
The 21.1-MP EOS 5D Mark II was awarded because it was the
first EOS-series SLR with full HD video capability offering CMOS
sensor and DIGIC 4 image processor for high-quality imaging
performance, and ISO sensitivity from 50 to 25.600. While the
D3X with a 24.5-MP, full-frame, FX-format sensor size of 35.9
x 24.0 mm was beautifully built with a comfortable grip. It
combines a very high resolution and a wide dynamic range with
outstanding low-noise performance - a great feature for quality,
high-end photography.
The other four Canon's products awarded were PowerShot
G10 digital compact camera as the "Best Expert Compact in
2009," TS-E17mm f/4L tilt-shift SLR camera lens as the "Best
Professional Lens in 2009," PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II inkjet
printer as the "Best Expert Photo Printer in 2009" and LEGRIA
HF S10 HD video camcorder as the "Best Expert HD Camcorder
in 2009." While Nikon's is D90 - as the "Best DSLR Advance in
2009." canon.com, nikon.com
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500GB Red Buffalo MiniStation
Have ever dreamt about a
tiny red external HDD? Buffalo
released its slim and light
designed HD-PEU2 series portable
hard disk in red. It weighs 190
grams, and the dimension is 5.1
x 3.2 x 0.6 inches. There are
three choices of capacity: 250GB,
320GB and 500GB, and all are
equipped with SecureLock Mobile technology and Turbo USB 2.0
interface. Pricing has not yet been announced, but three years
warranty is offered to you. buffalo-asia.com
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Security Solution for Stolen
Notebook PC
Have you ever lost your laptop containing your photo works or
the other important data? Fujitsu Ltd, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
and Willcom Inc will build a security solution for notebook PCs
to take care of the data, if they are lost or stolen. The solution
is based on a module permitting the owner to erase the data
in it by remote operation. If they are located within the PHS
(Personal Handy-phone System) communications coverage area,
the data can be still deleted even while they are turned off.
They will be equipped with a data-deletion function that will
not let them to be recovered, analyzed or booting up. The
encryption key will be deleted too, so the HDD will not be
able to be decrypted. Fujitsu will release those notebook PCs
attaining this technology this year, and further, plan on the
advanced protection preventing PCs from being used at all if
stolen. techon.nikkeibp.co.jp
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Digital Frame with Music
 
On May 11, Jobo introduced 9mm thick Jobo Nano 7 digital
frame having a 7 inches LCD screen. There are three versions
offered - Basic, Pro and Media. The Jobo Nano 7 Pro and Media
have touch activated buttons on the front of the frame. Nano 7
Media features multimedia capabilities: viewing digital photos in
slideshows along with music and video with audio.
Nano 7 Basic has 480 x 234 pixels resolution, while Pro and
Media has 800 x 480 pixels. All of them offer the Dual-Mini-
USB 2.0 high speed capability for connecting a card reader or
drive, support SD and MMC memory cards and will be available
in June. Together with an AC adapter, Jobo Nano 7 Basic, Pro
and Media will be retailed at € 74.90, € 94.90 dan € 119. photographyblog.com
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A Photo Exhibition by
Indonesian Photographer
in Japan
 
Three years in Japan was the theme for
a photo exhibition by Achmat Surohman
(Rohman), Indonesian photographer working
in Japan. By organizing a photo exhibition
called "Boku No Nippon 3 Nen Kan" ("My
life in Japan for Three Years"), he wished to
show Japan from foreigner's point of view.
Photos on show at Nayuta Hamakita Building,
Hamamatsu from April 19 to 26 were taken
during his three years in Japan.
At first Rohman admitted that he lacked
of confidence to show his photos, but his
language teacher and friends encouraged
him to hold this exhibition. Rohman, which
also Fotografer.net's member, exhibited 84
photos divided into 12 sub-theme. Sakura,
Japanesse Festival, Hamamatsu, and 4
seasons in Japan were some of the subthemes.
During this photo exhibition, there were
workshop "Mengenal Fotografi" presented by
Nyoman Bayu Yudianala, and the launching
of IFI-J (Ikatan Fotografer Indonesia-Jepang).
Many visitors were attending the exhibition.
In fact, the event was also reported by
Chunichi Shinbun newspaper. Japanesse
people were enjoying the exhibition as well.
Most visitors attracted to two photos, a
picture of two penguins titled "Zutto Issho"
(always together) dan a silhouette of Banzai
(victory expression). After this exhibition,
Rohman will hold a photo exhibition on
July in Bandung supported by Tanaka San,
the chairman of Hamamatsu Indonesian
Friendship Society. nana
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General Electric Packs 100
DVDs in a Disc
Our daily optical
discs are CD
(Compact Disc)
and DVD (Digital
Versatile/Video
Disc). CD can
load memory up
to 700MB, while
DVD 4GB. Above
these technologies, HD (High Devinition)
DVD can load 20GB memory, and Blu-ray
disc loads 25GB and 50GB.
As has been planned, in a conference in
Orlando this month, General Electric (GE)
will show off its recent technology called
micro-holograph disc. This disc can load
memory up to 500GB, equivalent to 100
DVDs – can save your high definition movie
collections, which can be played on the
same hardware and format as CD, DVD and
Blu-ray can.
If in the older technologies, information is
written only on the surface of the disc, in
this micro-holographic disc, it is stored in
three dimensions. GE increases the amount
of light reflected on the disc through
holograms. The higher reflectivity that can
be achieved, the more capacity for the disc.
Later on, you can buy this disc in retail
easily and affordably. news.bbc.co.uk, nytimes.com
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A Model Hunting at
Podomoro Project
 
Model Hunting located at the area of
Podomoro project were held on May 3 by
LensAstra. This hunting was presented by
Podomoro Group which invited LensAstra to
document the making of Podomoro project
and packed it in an event called "LensAstra
Model Hunting @ Megaproject Podomoro
City." It was attended by more than 100
participants, including Leovan Widjaja,
LensAstra's chairman. Ten models were
posed for photographers. But they were
not the only one, some workers in this area
were also captivated by the models.
Unfinished construction and the workers'
activity were becoming another objects
for the participants. Having finished their
photo session, they were amused by Kla
Return performance. Photos taken during
this hunting will be on show in the future by
Podomoro Group. nana
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Varta Solar Charger
Varta Consumer
Batteries have
announced a
new charger that
uses solar power.
If you have ever
found yourself
in the middle of
nowhere with
a "battery low"
indicator blinking
on the LCD
of your camera or phone, you will surely
appreciate the Varta Solar Charger, which
needs no mains socket or power cable to
charge your batteries.
Just put it in a sunny place and connect it to
the camera, phone or media player via USB - that's it! The Solar Charger will become
available on June, at a recommended retail
price of € 39.99, including two Ready2Use
AA batteries and several adapters. photographyblog.com
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Easypix Aqua W530:
One of the Cheapest
Waterproof Camera
Easypix has a new
waterproof digital
camera called the
Aqua W530. It has
5MP CMOS sensor
and 8x digital
zoom (no optical
zoom), 3-inch
TFT display, 32MB
integrated flash
memory and up to 2GB SDcard.
This camera has been equipped with
waterproof system up to 3 meters depth and
it is able to record video and sound because
it is compatible with Integrated speaker. The
camera is available for £ 89 at Amazon UK
(www.amazon.co.uk) making it one of the
cheapest waterproof cameras available. cameramoon.com | digicamreview.com
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TweetPhoto for Twitter
TweetPhoto has introduced a new, free
photo sharing service for Twitter, which is
claimed to "revolutionise photo sharing".
TweetPhoto allows users to easily upload
and automatically publish links to photos on
Twitter.
The new service boasts many toolsets
currently unavailable on other sites which
make photo sharing on Twitter convenient
and transparent, the company says. "As
more people use the service the velocity
of the social river of tweets increases
exponentially. This makes it difficult to
view every tweet, especially the ones with
links to photos. TweetPhoto was specifically
designed to meet this challenge," stated
Rodney Rumford, co-founder of TweetPhoto.
TweetPhoto improves the photo
consumption experience by extending
the life of photos beyond the tweet. This
empowers users to view photos shared by
the people they follow on Twitter so they
never miss a photo again. Twitter users
can get started at http://tweetphoto.com
by entering their Twitter username and
password. photographyblog.com
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2,600 and 2,000 Lumens
Projectors from Sony
Sony released
two VPL series
projectors last
April. The VPLEX70,
which is
also named as
the BrightEra,
has a 900:1
contrast ratio and a brightness of 2,600
lumens, while VPL-EX7 has a 500:1 contrast
ratio and 2,000 lumens brightness. Both
are using short focal lenses that allow them
throw a 60-inch screen at 1,024 x 768 XGA
resolutions from a distance of 1.8 meter.
Both comes with several input ports,
including s-video, composite and RGB, also
an Off & Go feature which allows you to
power off without waiting for the projector
to cool down. EX70 is priced at US$ 1,090,
while EX7 retails for US$ 940. aboutprojectors.com
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Easily Photographing
Panorama with i2k
Quickage 
In the previous time, photographing
panorama perhaps is hard for you because
of not enough gears or photography
equipments. New software has been
released to ease your panorama photograph
creation. It is i2k Quickage, released in April
28 at Clifton Park, New York.
This i2k Quickage gives you an opportunity
to combine several photos into one piece,
looks like it is taken at only one shot. NASA
has been using this software these times to
stitch images into one montage for analysis.
Not only from compact cameras or DSLRs,
your photos taken from camera phones can
be edited with this software too, including
from your iPhone or Blackberry. DualAlign
LLC is about to release an application for
iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia permitting the
users to take high resolution montages with
low resolution camera phones and easily
share them to Facebook and Twitter. i2k
Quickage Pro is retailed at US$ 99.95, while
the Express one is at US$ 49.95. imaging-resource.com
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